Posted on 03/04/2007 7:15:02 AM PST by Valin
I taught morals to my kids, the Girl Scouts did not.
Well, that's because you don't live in Waco. From this article:
The book, which was graced with the Girl Scout logo, included images of couples having sex and a boy properly wearing a condom.
It should be noted that the book in question was It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris. The title refers to Harris' contention that there's really no such thing as abnormal sexual activity. It was, in the Waco case, distributed to girls in 7th through 9th grades at a GS sponsored event.
Sound like "good clean fun for youngsters?" Sound like "politics?" That's funny, if a guy comes up to my daughter on the street and shows her a picture of a latex-clad penis, I won't be thinking about politics while I put him on the sidewalk and press my boot into his neck as I dial 911 on my cell. Instead, I'll be thinking how lucky he is that I am a peaceful man and not inclined to kill him before he gets some kind of psychological treatment.
If the folks from national had even come out and said something like, "We don't have the authority to get involved in this issue by firing people in this council's leadership or anything like that, but we want to make it clear that this is despicable and these issues are to be dealt with by parents, not Girl Scout troops" I would have been quite satisfied and left my daughter in the program. But they basically said, "Not our problem if somebody wants to come by one of our events and show your daughter a picture of a wang. Sex + Girl Scouts is an A-OK combo in our world." Need some proof? Take a look at who they got for keynote speakers at the national convention in 2005, a year after the Waco controversy.
So forgive me if I think it's quite silly to view that as a political issue. If that's true, then Michael Jackson has twice been in danger of becoming a political prisoner of the State of California.
These food Nazis are scarier than all the other Nazis combined.
My only complaint about Girl Scout cookies is that they sell them during Lent, when I have given up cake and cookies. I buy them, intending to leave them in the cupboard to be consumed after Easter.
But then, every time I look in the cupboard:
TEMPTATION!
This button, worn by a hulking and now-muscular man in his 40's, gets attention. I'm asked "Why", and I start the pitch.
I'm sellin' em, baby.
Give them to an atheist friend to hold for you, LOL!
No way! The atheist would eat them all himself and not feel a shred of guilt.
Yep. You're never selling the 'steak' you're selling the 'sizzle!' :)
Oh. Yeah. I guess that would be a pretty big flaw in my theory, LOL!
I agree. I know that in some areas the price of a box of cookies is different than in others areas, as well. The figure I quoted last night (70 cents)is how much my Troop is getting per box basedo n how many boxes they sold, others get more and others get less based upon the average boxes per girl per troop.......at least that is how it is done in the Chesapeake Bay Council.
You're a hoot!!!!!!!!!!
When the news starts reporting Girl Scouts flying hijacked planes into buildings and beheading hostages, I'll believe the headline.
Jeez, what kind of a neighborhood does this guy live in?
The two boxes of Samoas didn't last two days in my office! Can I sue?
Where I used to live in Montana, the liquor store sold bait, ammo, groceries and rented videos, too.
LOL!!!!
A friend of mine ordered 1 box of each kind to bring into his office........2 days later he called me to order 8 more boxes!!!!
'little freckled fiend' ... [glances right and left] Yeah, we've got those around these parts too. Diabolical ain't it!
Anything that resembles food gets scarfed up real quick around here. Anything that is sweet and tasty creates a feeding frenzy!
I haven't been 185 since I weighed my dog.
I understand.
At times I think the adults are worse than the kids when it comes to sweets.
Agghh; I'm stuck trying to picture a boy improperly wearing a condom-inium.
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